Air Warfare
General Atomics Aeronautical – Taking Information Dominance to the Next Level
With Every New RPA Innovation, General Atomics Aeronautical Pushes the Boundaries of the Possible to Make the World Safer and More Secure.
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US fires approximately 75 precision-guided weapons against Iran’s nuclear facilities
In the operation Midnight Hammer, the Pentagon deployed 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators and more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles.
Land Warfare
CTAI’s 40mm cannon gains new A3B airburst round for UAV defence
CTA International (CTAI), a joint venture between KNDS France and BAE Systems, developed the 40mm Cased Telescoped Armament System (40 CTAS) for integration onto armoured vehicles. It has been further developed for ships and ground-based systems.
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What weapons have Israel and Iran been using against each other?
Tehran has been relying on UAVs and ballistic missiles while Jerusalem uses jets, deep fires and precision-guided munitions.
Air Warfare
Paris Air Show 2025: Embraer chalks up another win as Lithuania picks C-390
Just this week Portugal signed for a sixth C-390 with the add-on of an option for 10 for other NATO countries. In April, Sweden signed for four and in December last year Slovakia agreed to buy three, while in the same month an undisclosed country agreed to buy two.
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Paris Air Show 2025: Embraer chalks up another win as Lithuania picks C-390
Just this week Portugal signed for a sixth C-390 with the add-on of an option for 10 for other NATO countries. In April, Sweden signed for four and in December last year Slovakia agreed to buy three, while in the same month an undisclosed country agreed to buy two.
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Paris Air Show 2025: Fulgur air defence missile revealed in anticipation of potential market
The missile was first unveiled at SeaFuture 2023 and later at the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2024. Operational delivery is expected in 2028.
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US programme to beat adversary's ‘formidable’ capabilities
17th March 2019
A US government agency will award $45.5 million for development of new technologies able to coordinate a future autonomous army of unmanned air and ground …
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Military Logistics
Lockheed, AIM Norway to establish F-16 MRO centre
15th March 2019
Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with AIM Norway to jointly establish an F-16 ‘Falcon Depot’ centre for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and …
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Spectrolab launches LED searchlights
15th March 2019
Boeing’s Spectrolab has introduced new high-intensity LED searchlights for use on military rotorcraft, Spectrolab announced on 5 March. Both the Nightsun XPM and SLL 46-200 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Russia to field a new target drone system
15th March 2019
The Russian MoD is set to launch in April the state flight testing of the new 9F6021 Adyutant aerial target system. Developed by Izhevsk-based Kupol, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
USAF Predator, Reaper hit four million hours
15th March 2019
The US Air Force’s (USAF's) fleet of MQ-1B Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft have completed more than four million flight hours, the USAF …
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Special Operations
SOCOM looks to Little Bird upgrade
15th March 2019
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is exploring a potential upgrade to the plank systems used to tactically configure its A/MH-6M “Little Bird” Special Operations …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Hybrid UAV spotted on Chinese warship
15th March 2019
On 26 February, an image emerged of a UAV taking off from the stern flight deck of a People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Type 052C …
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Digital Battlespace
CAMM integrated into IAMD IBCS
15th March 2019
Northrop Grumman and MBDA have successfully incorporated the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) family into the Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Battle Command System …
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Military Logistics
DLA pilots cloud-based software
15th March 2019
The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is piloting a new cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) in an effort to simplify storage and distribution processes and …
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Training
Rheinmetall to supply new Swiss Army simulator
15th March 2019
Rheinmetall has received an order from the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement to supply a new command simulator for Swiss Army training, the company …
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CANSOFCOM explores reserve element
14th March 2019
The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) is considering the “accelerated recruitment” of civilians in order to diversify specialists skill sets across the organization. The …
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Digital Battlespace
UK MoD to fast-track agile software development
14th March 2019
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) will invest £30 million in the development of application software for the armed forces, the MoD announced on 11 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
USMC looks to buy Reaper UAVs
14th March 2019
The USMC wants to begin buying a handful of MQ-9A Reaper UAVs in FY2020 to meet an ‘urgent operational need,’ according to a US Navy …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Flirtey receives approval for BVLOS UAS deliveries
14th March 2019
Flirtey, in partnership with the City of Reno, has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct UAS delivery flights beyond visual line-of-sight …
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Training
US Marine Corps in DTC first
14th March 2019
Normally associated with networking air assets, Northrop Grumman’s Distributed Training Center (DTC) located at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia has been used for the first time …
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Military Logistics
Integrated air surveillance radars for RNLAF
14th March 2019
Raytheon and Hensoldt will provide integrated air surveillance radars to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Raytheon announced on 11 March. The air force will receive …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
SYPAQ to develop logistics UAS
14th March 2019
The Australian Army has awarded a contract to SYPAQ to develop and demonstrate a next generation battlefield logistics small UAS, the Australian Department of Defence …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Heathrow picks C-UAS to combat drone disruption
13th March 2019
Heathrow has placed an order with German drone detection systems manufacturer Aaronia AG for a counter-UAS (C-UAS) system in a multi-million Euro deal, Shephard has learned. Aaronia …
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Digital Battlespace
Persistent Systems expands Fort Collins facility
13th March 2019
Persistent Systems has completed a major expansion of its Fort Collins office in Colorado to increase support for its customers with mobile ad hoc networking …
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